The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-25

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! appears to be the fascination OF the
Darwinian theory, not we'll under.
stood, that led him into this MOL
strous doctrine. mature kills the
weak" says he; therefore, if we
attempt to save them, we violate the
Divine law. Nature kills them there
forc, let us kill them"
II would be easy to upset this
strange doctrine from Nature itself,
but | will not now touch 1t in that
way. Suffice 1t to say now that the
grandest one that ever walked OH this
earth did not hold with Col. Hughes.
The mightiest one ever seen in this
world was Jesus of Nazareth. When
He appeared in Judea some 1000 years
ago He was so humble that He walked
over the country almost unattended
save by few ragged fishermen. He
had no soldiers and no statesmen, and
yet He founded kingdom which has
witnessed the overthrow of all that
rose up against Him-not only their
overthrow, but they have crumbled
into dust. Its limits are far vaster
than an empire ON earth had been be-
FORE, Though very old, it is not aged,
but more vigorous to-day than ever
before. Unlike the work of man, it
is immortal. Its banners, like white
doves, are still pressing onward, and
all other principalities and powers fall
before them. Its destiny seems to be
to leave not one foot of this globe out
side of the great kingdom. And
though dead nearly 1000 years ago, He
governs this vast kingdom with a
firmer and frmer grip. So great is
the loyalty of His subjects that mil
lions of them would account it joy to
die for Him. Now, He who accom-
plished all this could hardly have been
only man. 1t is impossible to con-
ceive of mere man leading such a
life and accomplishing such results. 1t
is not human. He has no explanation
except that lie came from the throne
of the living G cd, and either was God
HIMSELF or in such close fellowship
with Him that they were one. Such
He claimed to be: "Even before Abra-
BAN was, | am" "lIe who has seen
Me has seen the Father" II and
My Father are one" 1t is He-the
fouger and ruler of this vast empire,
this Lord God, maker of the heavens
and the earth-who does not agree
with Col. Hughes. lie tells us to go
into the highways and byways and
help all who need help; that they are
our brothers and our sisters; that
we are all sons and daughters of a
common Father, who does not want to
sec any of His children 60 to ruin. He
tells us that If we help and save the
weak aud fallen ones the Father will
specially love and help us. "Tho
well, " said lie, "need not a physician,
but they that are sick. Go ye and
learn what that meaneth. l will have
mercy and not sacrifice. | am not come
to call The righteous, but sinners to re-
pentanoe. And how lie practiced
what He taught The fallen ones b,
the wayside lie lifted up and restored
That is God, maker Of the heavens and
the earth. But Col. Hughes says:
"Let us kick them out; They are a
nuisance; they are dogs" Whether il
is better to obey Col. Hughes or obey
God, judge ye.
And so we have all seen many who
by good works wero arrested in the
downward path and turned back ;
some becoming very brilliant lights,
some pillars OF state, and MI useful
members of society. And according
to this bright light OF whisky men,
the good work that restored these
men was a crime against nature aud
God
Let us not harden our hearts by the
teachings of such advocates, but let us
do the best we can for our human
family. At least let us take no chance
to do them wrong. If we wrong
them or fail to do them good which
we might have done them, we may
some day regard ii with very keen
feelings. The spoken word ana the
sped arrow do not come back again,
and the lost opportunity may also
never return. We all know of very
much evil that flows from whisky
very few, ifauy, know of good that
flows from 1t. If we be put in posi-
ton where we may err, let us at
least be careful that # We err at all we
err on the side of virtue, Of love to
our fellow-men. Let us by no means